Review Pending...these are notes.

In 2018, James Loewen revised his "Teaching What Really Happened" (2010), the bestselling, go-to resource for social studies and history teachers wishing to break away from standard textbook retellings of the past. The accomplished and courageous author passed away August 18, 2021. A great historian managed to give voice to the facts in spite of the century of "Lost Cause" parades, the Newt Gingrich weaponization of faux history, and the travesty of Trump.

This edition adds a new chapter entitled “Truth", made necessary by the bent narratives spun by the feudal lords of Dixie made into campaigns of ignorance by Trump followers. Loewen spells out how extremist, and traditional sources, can use social media to distort current events and the historical record. To my surprise, this corrective to the frankly criminally boring 800+ page "history" textbooks used in America is only 288 pages.

Publishers Note: "Helping students understand what really happened in the past will empower them to use history as a tool to argue for better policies in the present. Our society needs engaged citizens now more than ever, and this book offers teachers concrete ideas for getting students excited about history while also teaching them to read critically."

We still face the failure of Reconstruction -- it was prematurely abolished by State Governments after the Civil War. ( )